If you hate Pope Leo because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
@Strandjunker I would hazard a guess a large portion of self-described Christians don't actually believe in Jesus.

@vonxylofon @Strandjunker

oh they believe in *a* jesus

their jesus carries an AR-15, worships plutocracy, and hates trans people and immigrants

of course, that has nothing to do with the actual Jesus

so they are fake Christians, hewing to bigotry and ignorance and hate

a cult of violent morons

@benroyce @vonxylofon @Strandjunker "Fake Christians" is simply not accurate. Exactly the No True Scotsman fallacy.

@liquor_american @benroyce @Strandjunker No true Scotsman applies an arbitrary, unrelated criterion.

I would say believing and (trying to) adhere to the core tenets of the teachings of God himself as described in the holy book seems pertinent and relevant to the classification.

These people go to the same churches and say the same things, but have a belief system so different from what the Bible says that I would say it warrants calling it a different religion altogether.